Velikaya Topal is a village in the Klintsovsky district of the Bryansk region , the center of the Velikotopalsky rural settlement . The population is 750 inhabitants ( 2012 ).
| Village | |
| Great Topal | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Bryansk region |
| Municipal District | Klintsy district |
| Rural settlement | Great Topal |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 1620 |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | ▼ 750 people ( 2012 ) |
| Denominations | Orthodox |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 48336 |
| Postcode | 243113 |
| OKATO Code | 15230808001 |
| OKTMO Code | |
It is located 25 km south of the city of Klintsy , near the border with the Klimovsky district , on the Klintsy - Klimovo highway.
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History
The first mention of the village is found in Polish letters of the beginning of the XVII century . After the transition of Little Russia under the rule of Russian sovereigns, the most notable owners here were: Mikhailo Rubets, Savva Raguzinsky, Gavrila and Moses Vladislavichi (who arranged a magnificent estate here), and since 1770 - P. A. Rumyantsev , on whose funds in 1780 instead of a wooden church the stone Transfiguration Church was built (one of the best examples of the cult architecture of the Bryansk region).
In the middle of the XVII century, Great Topal (then - the town of Topal) became the center of the Topal hundreds of the Starodub regiment . A hundred-year board was located here, the most important administrative and judicial affairs of the entire district were decided.
According to the description of 1710 , all the yards in Veliky Topal already had 261, of which 52 were Cossack. Peasants owned: 450 horses, 273 cows, 974 sheep, 950 goats, 950 pigs, and finally 120 tree ". [one]
In the 19th century, the village of Velikaya Topal was the volost center of the Great Topal volost of Novozybkovsky district of the Chernigov province . In the village was Nicholas Church [2] .
Description of the Village in 1781
| The situation is on the mountain between the spring and along the slope, around it there is a clean field and a channel called Topalka ... The house of his excellency is made in an Italian manner, on a stone foundation, with stone cellars, on two floors, about 10 chambers, with which the garden is good, regularly planted, with throne rangers ... In this place of raznochintsy 3, priest 1, priests 3, clerks 3 ... Total inhabitants 286 huts. There are three yarmonks a year ... The lands of arable and hay mowing are not merciless; the townsfolk living here practice in arable farming and few in cattle breeding; bread and livestock are sold in the settlement of Klimova and the city of Starodub ... [3] |
With the abolition of the regiment and the hundred division, from 1782 the Great Topal was part of the Novomestsky , Novozybkovsky (from 1808 ) counties, which included from 1861 to 1926 a volost center . In 1926 - 1929 - as part of Novozybkovskaya volost ; since 1929 in the Klintsovsky district .
Population
Despite the remoteness from the district center, Velikaya Topal still remains one of the largest villages in the Klintsovsky district.
| Years | 1810 | 1859 | 1892 | 1901 | 1917 | 1926 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002 | 2010 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of inhabitants | 3750 | 1895 | 2550 | 2878 | 3447 | 1912 | 1507 | 1176 | 918 | 838 | 750 |
Economics
There are several shops, a post office in the village. Previously, a bakery operated.
Transport
Velikaya Topal is connected by regular bus services with Klintsy and Klimov.
Attractions
- Stone Temple of the Transfiguration ( 1780 ).
- Manor of the XVIII — XIX centuries.
- At the southern outskirts of the village there is a monument of archeology: the settlement of Yukhnovsky culture.
| Object of cultural heritage, object number 3210030000 |
Manor house
Transfiguration Church
Notes
- ↑ A. M. Lazarevsky . Description of the old Little Russia. Volume I. Regiment Starodubsky. - Kiev, 1888.
- ↑ Historical information about the village of Velikaya Topal
- ↑ Description of the Novgorodsіversky namіsnitstva (1779-1781). - Kiev, 1931. (Ukrainian)